Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Abdomen, Pancreas, Paediatric, MR, Decision analysis, Congenital, Trauma, Neoplasia, MR-Cholangiography
Authors:
E. Boninsegna, S. Mehrabi, L. sartori, A. J. Cybulski, R. Manfredi, R. Pozzi-Mucelli; Verona/IT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-0298
Background
Pancreatic diseases in children are uncommon,
but frequently associated with severe and long-lasting complications [1].
Pediatric patients,
compared to adults,
are affected by different pancreatic diseases: due to the small size of the abdomen,
pancreas is more easily affected by traumatic processes.
The most frequent neoplasms are also different in children.
For adult patients,
following ultrasonograpy,
CT is considered the best imaging technique to investigate most inflammatory and neoplastic pancreatic conditions [2].
However,
for younger children,
CT is limited by poor contrast resolution due to a lack of retroperitoneal fat and exposition to ionizing radiation [1].
MR is increasingly playing a role in the imaging of pediatric patients and has additional benefits when evaluating the pancreas [3-5].